AND FINALLY..LAST NIGHT WE FOCUSED ON MENTAL ILLNESS AND THE IMPACT IT HAS HAD FOR ONE LOCAL WOMAN AND HER FAMILY. BUT HER STORY IS NOT UNIQUE. 25-PERCENT OF ADULTS IN THE U-S SUFFER FROM MENTAL ILLNESS..AND HERE IN MAINE ONE IN FOUR PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED BY IT IN SOME WAY. THAT'S WHY NAMI- PORTLAND.. THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS IS HOLDING AN OPEN HOUSE TONIGHT. IT'S TAKING PLACE AT THE PORTLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY IN THE RINES AUDITORIUM..FROM FOUR TO EIGHT THIS EVENING. WHILE MENTAL ILLNESS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE, ORGANIZERS SAY THE OPEN HOUSE IS A CASUAL EVENT..AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECONNECT AND MEET NEW PEOPLE.. AS WELL AS LEARN MORE ABOUT NAMI AND THE SERVICES THE NON-PROFIT PROVIDES. SNIPE 07:38:44- 07:39:01 "not everything about mental illness needs to be in crisis mode and when we can get people together and talking about it then we are lessening the stigma and the scariness about it and they will be better prepared to turn to NAMI when they need help or know what the resources are so." AGAIN, TONIGHT'S OPEN HOUSE IS TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW.. THROUGH 8 O'CLOCK TONIGHT. IT IS OPEN TO EVERYONE INCLUDING THOSE LIVING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND PEOPLE WHO MAY BE TOUCHED BY IT IN SOME WAY. FOR MORE ON THE EVENT AND A LINK TO NAMI JUST GO TO OUR WEBSITE WMTW DOT COM.

A Justice Department civil rights investigation has concluded that the Ferguson Police Department and the city's municipal court engaged in a "pattern and practice" of discrimination against African Americans.